Garment.



B. R. 6: P. E. CHARLES.

I GARMENT. APPLICATION HLED y 2s. 191 1.

Patented July 9,1918

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

BUB-TON B..CHABLES AND PHYLLIS E. CHARLES, 0F VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA-GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BURTON R. CHARLES and PHYLLIS E. CHARLES, bothcitizens of the United States, residing at V ictorville, in the countyof San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful,Improvements in Garments, oi? which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a garment which employs a fabric havingelectrothermal means secured thereto. Such a garment is useful for thetreatment of disease.

Electrothermal arments and robes have been constructed 0 fabric which isflexible.

These garments are adapted to envelop the body. In the treatment of thebody by means of such a garment, perspiration 1S induced and impuritiesare thrown from the body, which, added to the usual soiling, causes thegarment to become unclean. The garment of the character described isconstructed by securing to the fabric U0l]\'0l\l' tions of wire or cablethrough which the electric current may be passed. Due to the presence ofthe wire or cable, it is difiicult to clean the garment. dry-cleaningnot proving satisfactory. For this reason the arment becomes soiled intime, and therein-e becomes unsanitary. i

It is an object of this invention to provide a fabric of which a garmentmay -be constructed, which may easily be cleaned, thereby enhancing itsvalue by making it more sanitary.

We accomplish the above object by means of the embodiment of ourinvention illus-' trated in the accompanying drawing, in which: i

A perspective 'view of a bathrobe is.

shown.

Although the invention is shown em bodied in a bathrobe, it is notlimited to any particular garment, as the invention resides particularlyin the fabric of which the garment is constructed.

" Referring particularly to the. drawing,

the bathrobe is shown as provided with.

sleeves and the body of the garment is open in the front and adapted tohang over the shoulders. The body of the garment is con- Speclflcationof Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29,

Patented. July 9, 1918.

1917. sci-m1 a. 171,694.

strueted of three plies. There is an inner which is, adapted, to come incontact.

ply 1 .with the body and may be formed% of, any suitable fabric.

Disposed over the-inner ply 1 is the outer-,-

bers indicated by 5. Ply-2 is similarly provided with the complementarymembers-60f the snap clasps, so that plies 1 au d.2 may be detachablysecuredto each other. Theelectrothermal ply is also provided with; snap.clasp members 7 whichv areadapted. to en gage corresponding .memhers.upon-q ply. ,2; and indicated by. ,8. In this mannen the three plies maybe secured in-position..-and- 1 form a unitary glllfllltlllt-OPIO iThe-soiling of, .the garment, will, bo -con.

fined tothe inner. ply- 1' and. the outer, pl'y 2.-

'When. it is desiredl'tofclean the garmcnt,.ply

'2 may be detached; from, ply; 1i andrplya3 removed from ply 1.

Ply l is provided. with snap clasp. mam-- vwhit par ti g t as it carriesthe. electrical conductors.

plies one from another..- Plies), and-; 2..may

then. be clhaued, and, sitter. the cleaning has, been performed, thephesfmayaga n? be as sembled in. the unitary garment...

If it is desired, the sleevesgo i the ,r-

ment maybe equipped. with. an. electrot ermal ply. Vamousqmechanicalj,expedients may be resorted to, to of the plies when the seeveshaveanielectrothermal ply. However, asgthe invention. re-

ermit the separationlates to the fabric ratherthan-thedesi'grrof.

the! garment, such expedients aremob. d6: scribed herein.

What we claim is:

.An electrothermel.garmentmpmprish a i flexible electrothermal ply,electrical copductors stitched to the outer face of said ply, an outerply edjustably secured along I ,its edge to the electrothermal ply, saidouter b'ply carrying and supporting said electrothermal ply, and aninner ply or lining de- M techably secured to said outer ply, wherebythe various plies may be detached from one another for cleansingpurposes.

In witness that we claim the foregoing 10 we have hereunto subscribedour names this 2nd day'of Ma 1917.

. B RTON R. CHARLES.

PHYLLIS E. CHARLES.

